Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players
Primary Purpose
Injury Prevention
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Kosovo
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Injury prevention program
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Injury Prevention
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
officially registered football club in the football federation of Kosovo players must be between 13-19 years old regular training must take place at least three times per week
Exclusion Criteria:
teams already using an injury prevention program injured players
Sites / Locations
- University of Gjakova
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Experimental
No Intervention
Arm Label
Intervention
Control
Arm Description
The intervention group will use the new injury prevention program at least twice per week in their training sessions.
The control group will continue their usual training routine.
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Overall injury rate
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT05137015
First Posted
November 18, 2021
Last Updated
April 19, 2023
Sponsor
Universität des Saarlandes
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05137015
Brief Title
Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players
Official Title
Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
April 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
September 4, 2021 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
May 29, 2022 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
January 21, 2023 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Universität des Saarlandes
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
Football is the most popular sport in the world, with 260 million male and female active participants, including ~113,000 FIFA registered professional players. Playing football is fun and can provide many health benefits, however, it also presents a high injury risk. Studies on elite and non-elite footballers have reported similar injury rates in both genders. The most common football-related injuries are the knee and ankle ligament and thigh muscle strains, Over the past two decades, significant advancement has been made in the field of injury prevention in football. There are used trials to prevent specific injuries, as ankle sprain, ACL injuries, hamstring strains, etc. On the other hand, there are created programs designed to prevent a wider spectrum of injuries like FIFA11+.
Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a new injury prevention program on the overall injury incidence in young football players.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Injury Prevention
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Model Description
Cluster randomised controlled trial
Masking
Outcomes Assessor
Masking Description
Two teams will work on injury data collection. Teams are not informed for which group (intervention or control) they are recording the datas.
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
1027 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Intervention
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
The intervention group will use the new injury prevention program at least twice per week in their training sessions.
Arm Title
Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
The control group will continue their usual training routine.
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Injury prevention program
Intervention Description
The execution of the program takes 10-15 minutes. The program will be performed in the training sessions, after the usual warm-up.
The program is based on scientific evidence that has previously shown good efficacy on injury prevention in football. The exercise categories address 7 aspects:
Balance
Core stability
Hamstring eccentrics
Glute activation
Plyometrics
Running
Games The games are included with the aim to increase the attractiveness of the program.
Each category contains 2 exercises and the coach is free to decide which one to choose in every training session. All exercises are organized in five or six levels with increasing difficulty (physically and cognitively).
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Overall injury rate
Time Frame
up to 9 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
Male
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
13 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
19 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
officially registered football club in the football federation of Kosovo players must be between 13-19 years old regular training must take place at least three times per week
Exclusion Criteria:
teams already using an injury prevention program injured players
Facility Information:
Facility Name
University of Gjakova
City
Gjakove
Country
Kosovo
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD
Undecided
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